16-Inch Gemstones
The 16-inch strand is the industry standard—and no one stocks more of them than Dakota Stones. Browse more than 200 stone types across every color and pattern, from everyday staples like Amethyst and Jasper to collector favorites such as Red Garnet and rare Turquoise mine-runs. Because the strands measure a full 15 – 16 inches, you get enough beads for matching earring pairs, stretch bracelets, or a necklace focal and still have extras for accents.
Need to drill down fast? Use the filter bar to sort by Stone Type when you know the gem you want, or by Color when you’re building a palette first. Shapes range from classic rounds and rondelles to cubes, heishi, chips, and rare designer cuts—each strand calibrated for even sizing and smooth stringing.
Whether you’re a hobbyist replenishing a bead board or a pro assembling a full production run, this category is the workhorse of our catalog: reliable lengths, vast variety, and new additions arriving every month. Dive in, filter your way to the perfect strand, and keep your design queue flowing with Dakota Stones’ biggest collection.
Brazilian Amazonite 8x10mm Tri Cut Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch
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Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally tran...
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Brazilian Amazonite 6mm AAA Grade Round - 15-16 Inch
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Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue-green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally translu...
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Brazilian Amazonite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch
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Brazilian Amazonite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch
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Brazilian Amazonite Natural 6-7mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch
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Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally tran...
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Brazilian Amazonite Plated 10mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE
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Brazilian Amazonite 4mm Faceted Round 15-16
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Bronzite 8mm Round 15-16 Inch
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Bronzite is a brown stone with a bronze to colored metallic luster due to iron deposits within the stone. An orthoproxene mineral, it is believed t...
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Bumble Bee Jasper 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch
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Bumble Bee Jasper 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch
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Bumble Bee Jasper 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch
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Cacoxenite 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch
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Cacoxenite is the trade name for this naturally occurring blend of seven stone types. It was originally named for the visible inclusions of the min...
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Cacoxenite 4mm Lantern Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cacoxenite 6mm Energy Prism Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cacoxenite 4x6mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cacoxenite 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch
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Cacoxenite 6x8mm Tri Cut Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch
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Cacoxenite 8mm Coin Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Cacoxenite 8mm Round 15-16 Inch
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Cacoxenite 8x10mm Tri Cut Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch
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Cacoxenite Natural 6-7mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch
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Cacoxenite Natural 6mm Round A Grade - 15-16 Inch
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Cat's Eye A-Grade, Banded 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch
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Cat’s Eye is a quartz stone that appears in a range of colors including white, gray, green, yellow and brown. The fibrous asbestos inclusions in th...
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Chakra 10mm Round Large Hole - 15-16 Inch
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Our Chakra strands are comprised of Amethyst, Lapis, Blue Apatite, Green Aventurine, Citrine, Carnelian, Red Garnet and Crystal Quartz.Amethyst is ...
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Chakra 4mm Faceted Bicone - 15-16 Inch
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Our Chakra strands are comprised of Amethyst, Lapis, Blue Apatite, Green Aventurine, Citrine, Carnelian, Red Garnet and Crystal Quartz. Amethyst ...
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Chakra 4mm Faceted Double Heart - 15-16 Inch
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Our Chakra strands are comprised of Amethyst, Lapis, Blue Apatite, Green Aventurine, Citrine, Carnelian, Red Garnet and Crystal Quartz. Amethyst i...
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Chakra 4mm Faceted Lantern - 15-16 Inch
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Our Chakra strands are comprised of Amethyst, Lapis, Blue Apatite, Green Aventurine, Citrine, Carnelian, Red Garnet and Crystal Quartz. Amethyst i...
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Chakra 6mm Energy Prism - 15-16 Inch
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Our Chakra strands are comprised of Amethyst, Lapis, Blue Apatite, Green Aventurine, Citrine, Carnelian, Red Garnet and Crystal Quartz.Amethyst is ...
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Chakra 6mm Faceted Coin Bead Strand 15-16 Inch
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Our Chakra strands are comprised of Amethyst, Lapis, Blue Apatite, Green Aventurine, Citrine, Carnelian, Red Garnet and Crystal Quartz.Amethyst is ...
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Chakra 8mm Round Large Hole Bead Strand - 15-16 inch
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Our Chakra strands are comprised of Amethyst, Lapis, Blue Apatite, Green Aventurine, Citrine, Carnelian, Red Garnet and Crystal Quartz.Amethyst is ...
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Chakra 6mm Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 Inch
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Our Chakra strands are comprised of Amethyst, Lapis, Blue Apatite, Green Aventurine, Citrine, Carnelian, Red Garnet and Crystal Quartz.Amethyst is ...
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Charoite 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch
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Charoite is a stone that naturally occurs in intense purple hues, as well as grays, browns, greenish yellows, white and black. These colors swirl t...
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Charoite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch
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Charoite is a stone that naturally occurs in intense purple hues, as well as grays, browns, greenish yellows, white and black. These colors swirl t...
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Chiastolite 16mm Round - 15-16 Inch
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Chiastolite is also known as the Cross Stone for the cross matrices of browns, blacks, tans and golden tones that occur naturally within the stone....
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Chrysocolla 6mm Round A Grade 15-16
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Introducing a brand NEW Chrysocolla from Congo. Dakota Stones is offering this small batch of first run beads from a brand-new material. The Congo ...
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Chrysoprase Faceted 4mm Cube - 15-16 Inch
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Chrysoprase is a bright apple green, translucent stone, whose color often caused ancient jewelers to confuse it with Emerald. A cryptocrystalline C...
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Citrine 10mm Faceted Round - 15-16 Inch
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Citrine is a transparent Quartz, ranging in color from pale yellow to golden yellow, honey or brown, giving it a similar appearance to Topaz. It ma...
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Citrine 2mm Faceted Round Banded - 15-16 Inch
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Citrine 2mm Table Cut Cube A grade Banded - 15-16 Inch
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Citrine 2x3mm Faceted Rondelle 15-16 Inch
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Citrine 3mm Round Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Citrine 4mm Cube Table Cut - 15-16 Inch
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Citrine 5mm Faceted Round 15-16 Inch
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Citrine 6mm Double Heart Faceted - 15-16 Inch
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Citrine 6mm Faceted Coin 15-16 Inch
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Citrine 4x6mm Faceted Rondelle 15-16 Inch
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Citrine 6mm Round 15-16 Inch
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Citrine 7mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch
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Frequently asked questions
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What is a 16-inch strand and why is it the trade standard?
A 16-inch strand is the working length most US jewelry designers buy for design-grade work — necklaces, multi-strand layouts, and bulk component sourcing. It gives enough beads to lay out a full 18–20 inch necklace with clasp and findings, or to cut down into shorter assemblies without running short. The 16-inch length has been the trade default for decades because it standardizes pricing and bead-count math across stones and cuts. Dakota's 16-inch hub covers the full catalog at this length, across rounds, rondelles, faceted cuts, cubes, coins, and shape work. The bracelet counterpart is the 8-inch strand. -
How many beads per 16-inch strand at common sizes?
Approximate bead counts per 16-inch strand assume snug-strung beads with no spacer drift. At 2mm you get roughly 200 beads, at 3mm about 135, at 4mm about 100, at 6mm about 66, at 8mm about 50, at 10mm about 40, and at 12mm about 33. Faceted cuts, rondelles, and irregular shapes (pebble, nugget, coin) vary — count is driven by the bead's drilled axis, not its widest dimension. Exact count should be disclosed; ask before buying if a piece-count is critical for your design and isn't specified. -
16-inch vs 8-inch — which length for which project?
16-inch is the necklace and design-strand length: enough material for an 18–20 inch finished necklace, multi-strand torsades, long earring drops, or component cutting. 8-inch is the bracelet length: pre-cut to the wrist standard, sized for stretch-cord bracelets and single-wrap pieces. Designers running production bracelet lines typically buy 8-inch to skip the cut-down step; designers doing necklace work, statement pieces, or mixed assemblies buy 16-inch for the bead count and pricing efficiency. Both lengths share the same stones and cuts where stocked — the choice is about finished-piece geometry, not material grade. -
What stones and cuts does Dakota carry in 16-inch?
The 16-inch hub spans the full catalog. Most-stocked stones include agate, turquoise, quartz, jasper, tourmaline, moonstone, garnet, labradorite, opal, and amazonite, with deeper coverage across feldspar, chalcedony, and silica varieties. Cut coverage runs from smooth round and faceted round (the largest categories) through rondelle, microfaceted round, pebble and nugget, cube, table-cut cube, faceted cube, and coin. Standard sizes are 4mm, 6mm, 8mm, and 10mm, with 2mm and 3mm in microfaceted work and 12mm in larger statement rounds. Filter by stone, cut, or size to narrow the grid. -
How does Dakota measure 16-inch strand lengths?
Strand length is measured end-to-end along the drilled axis, beads strung snug with no gaps. A 16-inch strand can run 15.5 to 16.5 inches depending on bead shape and how the cutter finished the temporary string — irregular shapes (nugget, pebble, raw-faceted) sit at the looser end because the drill points don't always center on the bead's midline. Bead count per strand reflects this variance. Length and approximate count should be disclosed; if you need a tight tolerance for a calibrated production run, ask before buying so the team can pull and measure before shipping.